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Your home’s R-value may not be the first thing on your mind when you get up in the morning, or even the last when you go to bed at night. After all, it is a bit abstract and you may be more concerned with issues like paying your bills. But R-value—a measure of an insulation’s [...]

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The false economy of spending little on insulation and tons on energy month after month

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It’s that time of year! Fall’s here and winter’s coming on fast. People are racing to get their insulating projects sealed up before the heat has to be on all day and night. If you are using a do it yourself spray foam kit like Foam It Green, remember some important rules to getting the [...]

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There is no crystal ball we can look into to see the future of energy prices, but if history is any indication, you can be sure that prices for electricity, natural gas and home heating oil will continue to rise. Energy companies are continuously researching to find new sources of the fossil fuels we’ve become [...]

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The R-value myth has made us all use the same yardstick to compare very different type of insulations. When we do that, some insulation looks extremely expensive compared to other types of insulation. The same problem arises when comparing a Hyundai with a Lexus. If someone uses the standard of 4 wheels they can’t imagine [...]

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Foam It Green customers are so creative!  They find great ways to use the versatile and easy to use Foam It Green kits all the time. Paul in Cleveland is making a spa from using a stock tank, insulating it well, and hooking up separate spa components.  From the looks of it, you’d never know it [...]

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For us Northerners, now’s the time to do this – before it gets cold, but also to help keep our homes cool and energy efficient during the summer. Southerners are more than welcome to spray foam their attics during the summer, too, however, plan on doing the project in pieces, early in the morning before [...]

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OK- so not everyone wants or can have an Earth Ship, as cool as they are! That doesn’t mean a traditional home can’t be converted to a really GREEN home!  Getting a tight air seal in your walls and attic will dramatically cut down on the energy your home needs to heat and cool itself.  [...]

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Our nation’s fixation on R-value for our insulation is ridiculous.  Large scale testing has proven that an air barrier is far more effective than any R number.  Take this one experiment- where a duplex had half the attic insulated with R-20 Foam and the other half with R-30 batts. When the snow came, the roof [...]

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Here’s the scenario- you have 2×4 (3.5″) stud walls and you want to go the FLASH & BATT route of one inch foam and the rest of the space with fiberglass batt.  However, you’ve heard that if you squish fiberglass batt into the space, you collapse the air pockets, reducing the R-value. The problem is- [...]

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